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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 28, 2024 3:28:31 GMT
This dino had an ability that most dinos didn't have: it could chew its food. Name: CamptosaurusPronunciation: Camp-toe-sore-us Meaning of name: "Bent lizard", in reference to the presumed flexibility of the sacral vertebrae. Species: C. dispar, though there may be at least two other species. Size: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 8 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall when standing upright and weighing around 2.5 metric tonnes Family: Camptosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered by William Harlow Reed in Wyoming in September 1879. Was originally named Camptonotus by American palaeontologist, Othniel Charles Marsh, in the same year, but was re-named Camptosaurus because the original name had already been given to an insect. Lived: 166.1 to 157.3 million years ago during the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic through to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now the western and midwestern United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 28, 2024 22:06:59 GMT
Name: PinacosaurusPronunciation: Pin-ah-coe-sore-us Meaning of name: "Plank lizard" Species: P. grangeri, P. mephistocephalusSize: 5 metres long, 1 metre high and weighing up to 2 metric tonnes. Family: Ankylosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from several individuals, including juveniles. First discovered by Walter Wallis Granger in Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1923. P. grangeri named by American palaeontologist, Charles Whitney Gilmore, in 1933. P. mephistocephalus named by Belgian palaeontologist, Pascal Godefroit, in 1999. Lived: 80 to 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia and northern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 29, 2024 21:28:13 GMT
Name: SegnosaurusPronunciation: Seg-no-sore-us Meaning of name: "Slow lizard" Species: S. galbinensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 6 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall and weighing 1.3 metric tonnes Family: Therizinosauridae Diet: Unknown. Possible herbivore. First fossils found: Known only from partial fossils, the first of which were discovered by a joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition in the Bayan Shireh Formation of Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1973. Named by Mongolian palaeontologist, Altangerel Perle, in 1979. Lived: 102 to 86 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 2, 2024 4:00:16 GMT
Name: VulcanodonPronunciation: Vul-can-o-don Meaning of name: "Volcano tooth", in reference to the fact that it was discovered between two Jurassic-aged lava beds. Species: V. karibaensisSize: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 11 metres long, between 3 and 4 metres tall and weighed 3.5 metric tonnes. Family: Vulcanodontidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in Zimbabwe, southern Africa, between 1969 and 1970. Named by palaeontologist, Michael Raath, in 1972. One of the earliest known Sauropods. Lived: 201.3 to 199.3 million years ago during the Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now southern Africa.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 3, 2024 3:58:46 GMT
Name: PsittacosaurusPronunciation: Sit-tah-coe-sore-us Meaning of name: "Parrot lizard", in reference to its parrot-like beak. Species: P. mongoliensis, P. amitabha, P. gobiensis, P. sattayaraki, P. lujiatunensis, P. mazongshanensis, P. meileyingensis, P. neimongoliensis, P. ordosensis, P. sibiricus, P. sinensis, P. xinjiangensisSize: The largest species, P. lujiatunensis and P. sibiricus, measured 2 metres long, 0.5 metres tall and weighing between 25 and 80kgs. Family: Psittacosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens. First discovered during an American Museum of Natural History expedition to Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1922. P. mongoliensis named by American palaeontologist, Henry Fairfield Osborn, in 1923. P. sinensis named in 1958. P. meileyingensis and P. xinjiangensis named in 1988. P. sattayaraki named in 1992. P. neimongoliensis and P. ordosensis named in 1996. P. mazongshanensis named in 1997. P. sibiricus named in 2000. P. lujiatunensis named in 2006. P. gobiensis named in 2010. P. amitabha named in 2019. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 126 and 101 million years ago from the Barremian stage through to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Russia, Mongolia and China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 4, 2024 5:06:06 GMT
Name: StyracosaurusPronunciation: Sty-rak-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Spiked lizard", in reference to the large spikes on its neck shield. Species: S. albertensisSize: 5.5 metres long, 2 metres high and weighing around 3 metric tonnes. Family: Centrosaurinae (a sub-family of Ceratopsidae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from several individuals, the first of which was discovered by American-Canadian palaeontologist, Charles Mortram Sternberg, in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, western Canada. Named by Canadian palaeontologist, Lawrence Lambe, in 1913. Bonebeds containing the remains of entire herds have also been found. Lived: 76 to 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 5, 2024 4:02:51 GMT
Name: SaurolophusPronunciation: Sore-rol-low-fus Meaning of name: "Lizard crest" Species: S. osborni, S. angustirostrisSize: Depending on species, measured between 8 and 13 metres long, between 4 and 6 metres tall when standing upright and weighing between 3 and 11 metric tonnes. Family: Saurolophinae (sub-family of Hadrosauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from skin impressions and several skeletons, some of which are almost complete. First discovered by American palaeontologist, Barnum Brown, in the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada, in 1911. S. osborni named by Mr. Brown in 1912. Additional specimens discovered in northeast China, the Pacific region of the United States and Mongolia's Gobi Desert during the mid/late 1940s. S. angustirostris named by Russian palaeontologist, Anatoly Konstantinovich Rozhdestvensky, in 1952. Lived: 70 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northeast China, western Canada, southern Mongolia and the Pacific region of the United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 6, 2024 5:59:05 GMT
Name: OrnitholestesPronunciation: Or-ni-tho-less-teez Meaning of name: "Bird robber" Species: O. hermanniSize: Estimated to have measured around 2 metres long, 0.6 metres tall and weighing between 10 and 16kgs. Family: Uncertain Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by an American Museum of Natural History expedition to the Bone Cabin Quarry in Wyoming in July 1900. Named by American palaeontologist, Henry Fairfield Osborn, in 1903. Ornitholestes is often shown chasing the primitive bird, Archaeopteryx, despite the fact that, even though they lived at the same time, they lived on opposite sides of the world. Lived: 154 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 6, 2024 21:51:26 GMT
Name: DeinonychusPronunciation: Die-non-e-cus Meaning of name: "Terrible claw", in reference to the 13cm-long claw on the second toe of each foot. Species: D. antirrhopusSize: 3.5 metres long, 1.5 metres tall and weighing between 70 and 100kgs. Family: Dromaeosauridae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered in southern Montana in 1931. In 1964, a team led by American palaeontologist, John Harold Ostrom, discovered three partial Deinonychus skeletons lying close to the 6-metre-long skeleton of a Tenontosaurus. This led to the suggestion that Deinonychus may have hunted in packs. Named by Mr. Ostrom in 1969. Lived: 115 to 108 million years ago during the Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now the western and south-central United States. Artist's impression of a trio of Deinonychus attacking a Tenontosaurus. The feet of Deinonychus, showing the large, curved claws on the second toe.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 8, 2024 7:23:19 GMT
Name: AnchiceratopsPronunciation: An-key-seh-ra-tops Meaning of name: "Near horned face" Species: A. ornatus, however, it's possible there may be a second species. Size: Measured between 4 and 6 metres long, 3 metres tall and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes. Family: Chasmosaurinae (a sub-family of Ceratopsidae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from a single, partial skeleton and three partial skulls. First discovered by an expedition to the Red Deer River, Alberta, Canada, led by American palaeontologist, Barnum Brown, in 1912. Named by Mr. Brown in 1914. Lived: 72 to 71 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 9, 2024 3:48:13 GMT
Name: SpinosaurusPronunciation: Spine-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Spine lizard" Species: S. aegyptiacus, however, it's possible there may be a second species. Size: Estimated to have measured between 15 and 18 metres long, between 4 and 7 metres tall and weighing between 6.4 and 7.5 metric tonnes Family: Spinosauridae Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known from at least six partial specimens, the first of which was discovered in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt in 1912. Unfortunately, this specimen was later destroyed during a bombing raid in WW2. Named by German palaeontologist, Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach, in 1915. Lived: 99 to 93.5 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now North Africa. Artist's impression of Spinosaurus hunting fish.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 10, 2024 3:26:04 GMT
Name: SaltasaurusPronunciation: Salt-ah-sore-us Meaning of name: "Salta lizard", after Salta Province, Argentina, where its fossils were discovered. Species: S. loricatusSize: 12 metres long, 3 metres tall and weighing between 6 and 7 metric tonnes. Family: Saltasauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from eggs and the partial skeletons of at least five individuals. First discovered by palaeontologists, José Fernando Bonaparte, Martín Vince and Juan C. Leal in the Lecho Formation of Salta Province, northwest Argentina between 1975 and 1977. Named by Mr. Bonaparte and Jaime E. Powell in 1980. Saltasaurus was the first Sauropod known to have had armour. Lived: 70 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northwest Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 11, 2024 3:46:20 GMT
Name: PlateosaurusPronunciation: Pla-te-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Broad lizard" Species: P. engelhardti, P. gracilisSize: Between 5 and 10 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall and weighing up to 4 metric tonnes. Family: Plateosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered by Johann Friedrich Engelhardt in southeastern Germany in 1834. P. engelhardti named by German palaeontologist, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, in 1837. P. gracilis named by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1907. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 227 and 201.3 million years ago during the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic in what is now Europe and Greenland.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 11, 2024 21:39:22 GMT
This tiny dino holds the record for having the longest name: Name: MicropachycephalosaurusPronunciation: My-krow-pak-e-sef-ah-lo-sore-us Meaning of name: "Small thick-headed lizard" Species: M. hongtuyanensisSize: Between 50 and 60cm long, 30.48cm tall and weighing between 2.3 and 4.5kgs Family: Uncertain Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in Shandong Province, eastern China (date of discovery uncertain). Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Dong Zhiming, in 1978. Was originally thought to be a Pachycephalosaurid, but is now believed to be a very primitive Ceratopsian. Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 13, 2024 7:15:39 GMT
This dino is, currently, the largest-known Hadrosaur: Name: ShantungosaurusPronunciation: Shan-tung-o-sore-us Meaning of name: "Shandong lizard" after the Chinese province where its fossils were discovered. Species: S. giganteusSize: Estimated to have measured up to 16.5 metres long, 5 metres high (between 6 and 7 metres tall when standing upright) and weighing between 16 and 18 metric tonnes. Family: Saurolophinae (a sub-family of Hadrosauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from the partial skeletons of several individuals, the first of which were discovered in the Wangshi Formation of Shandong, eastern China, in 1973. Named in the same year by Chinese palaeontologist, Hu Chengzhi. Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern China.
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